John reid



(No Model.)

J. REID. COMBINED PLUNGER, NEEDLE, SPRAY, AND SHOWER BATH.-

No. 430,253. Patented June 17, 1890.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN REID, OF YONKERS, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS, OF NEWVYORK, N. Y.

COMBINED PLUN'GER,YNEEDLE, SPRAY, AND SHOWER BATH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,253, dated. June17, 1890.

Application filed November 18, 1889. Serial No. 330,731. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: wheneverrequired, and the cocks A,B andD Beit known that 1, JOHN REID, a citizen of are easy of access by a personeither outside the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the or insidethe bath-tub. The tubular columns county of VVestchester and State ofNew York, H and H are connected at their lower ends 5 have invented anImprovement in Combined by balls and screw-bolts to the bath-tub, and 55 Plunge, Needle, Spray, and Shower Baths, of they rise vertically fromwithin the same to which the following is a specification. the ring M,which firmly connects the upper This improvement is to meet the sanitaryends together, and this ring M is also con'- demands for bath-roomfixtures that are open nected to the column H, that rises above the [Oand accessible in all parts and separate from chamber 0, there being acock E intervening 6c the walls of the room or any inclosures, andbetween such chamber and the column H. by my improvements the luxury ofa first- The columns H? H are closed at their upper class bathingestablishment with the plunge, ends, and the ring M is connected insuitable needle, and spray baths is brought into comcouplings or jointsboth to the columns H [5 pact form and adapted to private houses. At andH and to the columns H; but the 001- one end of a plunge bath-tub anupright umn H is continued above the ring M and frame of tubes isprovided, having supply-. provided with an arm J, at the end of whichpipes and cocks that admit water into the is a shower J, of any suitableconstruction, perforated tubes forming the spray or needle and the sameis central, or nearly so, above 20 bath, or to the shower-bath at theupper part the ring M, and there is a valve or cook at F, of the frame,and there is a ring for a hangpreferably actuated by a chain and ring F,ing curtain, preferably of water-proof mateand the rising column H isstopped olt at L rial, the lower edge of which passes into the and wateris admitted into such column above bath-tub, so that the water will allrun back the plug L through the pipe K, which is at 25 into the bath-tubwithout being scattered the back ot the column H and extends from uponthe floor. the chamber C to the upper part of the col- In the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective umn H above the plug L; hence water is alviewof the bath-tub and attachment comlowed to pass by this pipe K to theshower plete, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section at one independently ofthe valve E in the rising 3 end of the bath-tub through the rising pipe.column H.

The bath-tub P is of any desired character, Connected with and openinginto the colpreferably of metal and porcelain inlined, umn H, slightlyabove the cock E, are the and the hot-water pipe at the outside of the,curved pipes I, which extend around and are .bath connects with a pipeA within the bath coupled. to the columns H and H and these 35 by acoupling-and-ball connection, and the curved pipes I, together with thesimilar pipes cold-water-supply pipe is similarly connected I and 1 openinto such columns H and H to the pipe B within the bath-tub, and theseand these curved pipesI I I and the columns pipes rise to a suitableheight and are pro- H and H are perforated with ranges of fine videdwith cocksA B at the junction of the holes, and the ends of the curvedpipes I I 4 hot and cold water pipes with the central are connected bysuitable coupling with the 0 chamber or mixing-column O, and below thispipe D and column H, respectively; but the chamber 0 is a cock D andpipe D, the latcurved pipes I do not open into the pipe D. ter extendingdown into the bath and 'ter- It will now be apparent that when the cockE minating with an open muzzle, there being is opened the water willpass into the column 45 by preference a coupling surrounding the H, andby the curved pipesII will pass into pipe and bolted to the bath-tub tohold the the columns H and H and thence into the lower end of this pipeD firmly in position. curved pipes I, and the fine jets formingthe Bymeans of the cock D hot or cold water, or needle-bath will pass throughthe perforations a mixture at any temperature, can be disin the curvedpipes II I and the columns 5 charged throughthenozzleGinto thebath-tnb HH and the quantity of water issuing in these needle-jets can beregulated by the cock E, and the temperature can be determined by thecooks A B. It will now be apparentthat by the cooks A B the temperatureof the water in any part of the apparatus can be regulated. By the cockD the discharge of the water into the bath P can be determined, and bythe cock E the needle-bath can be regulated, and by the cock or valve Fwater can be admitted to the shower when desired, and all the parts ofthe apparatus are open and easily accessible, so that they can be keptclean, and when manufactured of brass or similar metal the wholeapparatus becomes ornamental and acceptable in appearance.

I provide acurtain R of suitable materialsuch as rubber clothand thesame is suspended from rings around the circular ring M, and thiscurtain can be of a length so that its lower end hangs within the upperpart of the bath-tub P, and the curtain can be drawn around the bathingapparatus or pushed back to a greater or less extent, as desired, eitherwhen the bath is in use or when it is out of use.

By my improvements the bath-tub is availed of as a support for all thepipes. No rigid case or inclosure is used. The pipes are all open andaccessible. The vertical pipes or columns connected to the tub supportthe perforated segmental spray-pipes, and also the curtain-hoop andcurtain and the shower. The cocks are easy of access to a person in thebath-tub or outside of the same, and the curtain can be pushed back outof the Way when the spray or shower is not in use, and the wholeapparatus is accessible and easily kept clean.

I do not claim any of the separate parts of the apparatus, as these havebefore been used.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the bath-tub and thehot and cold water supply pipes A andB and cooks A B, with connectionspassing through the tub, of the mixing-chamber C, the cock E, risingcolumn H, curved perforated pipes connected with the rising column, andthe columns H and H at the ends of the curved pipes and connected attheir lower ends to the bath-tub, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the bath-tub and the hot and cold water supplypipes, of the columns H H connected at theirlower ends to the bath-tub,the curved perforated pipes extending from said columns, the rising pipeH and means for showering, and the cocks connected with the said pipes,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a bath-tub, of columns connected with andrising from the bath-tub, the perforated pipes for the needlebathsupported by said columns, a showerbath, and the supply-pipes and cocks,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the bath-tub, of columns connected at theirlower ends with the bath-tub, curved perforated pipes connecting suchcolumns, the hot and cold water supply pipes and cocks, a mixing chamberwith which the hot and cold water supplypipes are connected, a pipe andcock leading downwardly from the mixing-chamber into the bath-tub, ashower-bath, and pipe and cock leading from the mixing-chamber up to thesame, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the bath-tub, of columns connected at theirlower ends with the bath-tub, curved perforated pipes connected with thecolumns and forming the needle-bath, hot and cold water supply pipes andcooks and a mixing-chamber, a pipe and cook leading from the in ixing-chamber to the curved perforated pipes, a shower-bath, a pipe leadingfrom the miXing-chamberup to the showerbath, and a cock or valve to thesame, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 14th day of November, 1889.

JOHN REID.

Witnesses:

WM. P. REID, GEo. T. PINGKNEY.

